Rembrandtish

American  

[rem-brant-ish, rem-brahnt-ish] / ˈrɛm brænt ɪʃ, ˈrɛm brɑnt ɪʃ /

adjective

1. Rembrandtesque.

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Example Sentences

There is an almost unparalleled breadth, which gives the work a Rembrandtish effect in all the chief scenes.

From Project Gutenberg

Head there for a little Van Gogh sunshine when you need an antidote to all that Rembrandtish shade.

From Time

The light came through the open door, and formed quite a Rembrandtish picture in the low, darkened room, falling as it did in mote-sparkling rays, like a band of sunbeams, right across a bent figure in an old well-washed chintz-covered armchair.

From Project Gutenberg

When you leave a Rembrandt show, everyone looks wrinkled and Rembrandtish.

From The Guardian

Then he saw them mount some broad rugged old steps beneath a little archway, whose stones were covered with chisel-marks; there was a Rembrandtish effect as they turned round the winding stair, and then there was the clang of a heavy door, and darkness reigned once more in the vault, for Hilary was alone.

From Project Gutenberg